Half-plate and Four Quarter-plate Daguerreotype Portraits of Young Ladies

Description:

Half-plate and Four Quarter-plate Daguerreotype Portraits of Young Ladies, the half-plate portrait depicting a young woman seated with one arm resting on a table set with books, the tablecloth tinted blue; four quarter-plates: a woman wearing a floral and lace bonnet seated beside a table holding a book, a woman with a sausage-curl hairstyle, a woman wearing a striped dress with a lacy cape, and a woman wearing a cloak and lacy black mitts, seated with one arm resting on a table, the brass mat impressed "S. ROOT 363 BROADWAY N.Y." (probably Samuel Root, 1820-1889),each mounted in a pressed-paper/leather case, (imperfections).
Estimate $300-500

half-plate portrait depicting a young woman/arm resting on a table- couple very small minor mat scratches, small brownish spider on her skirt, case split..
Four quarterplates:
Woman wearing a floral/lace bonnet seated/table holding book- tarnish ring, scattered spiders, and dust, case lacking cover.
Woman w/ausage curls- tarnish ring, scattered spiders, and dust, case splitting.
Woman w/striped dress- scattered dust and spiders.
Woman wcloak/black mittsby table- case lacking cover., minor tarnish spots, spiders, and dust, under brass mat and glass only, lacking case.


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